Blank Range
Blank Range members Jonathon Childers, Matt Novotny, Grant Gustafson, and Taylor Zachry. Photo by Joey Martinez.
Blank Range members Jonathon Childers, Matt Novotny, Grant Gustafson, and Taylor Zachry. Photo by Joey Martinez.
Background information
OriginNashville, Tennessee, USA
GenresRock
Years active2013-present
LabelsSturdy Girls Records
MembersJonathon Childers
Grant Gustafson
Matt Novotny
Taylor Zachry
Websiteblankrangemusic.com

Blank Range is an American rock band based out of Nashville, TN.[1] The band consists of singer Jonathon Childers, drummer Matt Novotny, bassist Taylor Zachry, and guitarist/singer Grant Gustafson.[2] Rolling Stone magazine describes their sound as a “magical combination of dissonant, Pavement-esque and pavement-ready garage rock & roll with a keen grasp of how to make it all wildly melodic — thanks to super-sticky riffs, restrained psychedelia and a sense of composition that's restless, surprising and pretty fearless.”[3]

Overview

Blank Range has opened for Margo Price, Tyler Childers, Spoon, Alice in Chains, the Drive-By Truckers, and Death Cab for Cutie.[4] Blank Range played Luck Reunion and Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in 2018. Blank Range uses amped-up guitars, steel-guitar atmospherics, complex subtle percussion additions, and vocal harmonies to produce textured music with qualities of blues, Americana, ’70s nostalgia, Nashville heartbreak, and psychedelic country-rock.[3][5][6][7] Their debut album, Marooned With the Treasure, was released in 2017 and named Best Rock Album that year by the Nashville Scene.[8] Blank Range is set to release their self-released sophomore album In Unison, on February 1st, 2019. Pittsburgh City Paper calls their new single, "Change Your Look" a raucous garage pop good time which effortlessly showcases their blistering grooves, sticky-sweet melodies, and whip-smart lyricism.[9]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details
MAROONED WITH THE TREASURE [10]
  • Release Date: August 2017
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records / Thirty Tigers
IN UNISON
  • Release Date: February 2019 [11]

EPs

Title Album details
PHASE II
  • Release Date: April 2013
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records
VISTA BENT
  • Release Date: November 11, 2016
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records

Singles

Title Album details
Scrapin/Before I Go To Sleep
  • Release Date: November 2013
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records
No Aim
  • Release Date: May 2017
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records

References

  1. ^ Roffman, Michael (6 October 2014). ""HEY, GIVE IT UP FOR THESE GUYS!" SET". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ Colurso, Mary (18 June 2015). "Sloss Fest 2015 lineup: Things to know about Blank Range before band's set at Birmingham festival". AL.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b Moss, Marissa R (18 September 2015). "Blank Range: Nashville's Avant-Garde Rockers". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. ^ Hanks, Matt (2018-11-16). "Blank Range - East Nashville's "Wildly Melodic" (Rolling Stone) Genre-Benders - Embrace The Differences That Bring Us Together On New Album 'In Unison' (February 1)". Sure Fire. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  5. ^ Farrell, Margaret (7 November 2016). "PREMIERE Stream Blank Range Vista Bent EP". Stereogum.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  6. ^ Menconi, David (19 March 2017). "Lilly Hiatt, Blank Range Embody Nashville's Best at SXSW Showcase". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  7. ^ Redfern, Mark. "Premiere: Blank Range "No Aim" Video". UNDER THE RADAR. UNDER THE RADAR MAGAZINE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Best Rock Album". nashvillescene.com. Retrieved 2018-11-30.Nashville Scene
  9. ^ Snowden, Jordan (2018-11-16). "Now Streaming: #NewMusicFriday Nov. 16". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  10. ^ Domenighini, Annalise. "Listen to Blank Range's Southern Rock Standout "Opening Band"". noisey. Vice. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  11. ^ WOODY. "Blank Range announce In Unison for 2/1 release". HearYa. Retrieved 28 November 2018.


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